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The novel by Thomas Harris is a psychological thriller about a young FBI agent trying to understand the mind of a cannibal who is also a serial killer. The novel starts out in Washington D.C. in the early 1990’s where a young FBI trainee, Clarice Starling, is o ....

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.... After returning to Washington she decides to try again with Dr.Lecter. During the second interview Dr.Lecter tells Clarice that he knows who Buffalo Bill is. He tells Clarice that Buffalo Bill was a former patient of his and that his name is James Gumb. Dr.Lecter also told her that James had a storeroom in Baltimore. Clarice contacts the manger of the storage depot and goes inside Gumb’s space. While inside Clarice finds a car, after rearranging a few things she goes inside the car and discovers a decapitated head in a jar. After examining the head she notices a moth in the mouth of the head and takes it to the entomology lab of a local museum. The ....